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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2024
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventor:
Richard W. Cowan, Buford, GA (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/124 (2013.01); F24C 3/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a self-closing user control for a cooking element that is capable of automatically returning to an off position whenever it is released by a user in a portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control, yet also is capable of maintaining its position in another portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control.